Writing Warmup:
For the last week, we've been discussing our L4 standard, " I can accurately and independently determine or clarify the meaning of unknown words." Part of this standard requires that we describe how context clues help you to come up with educated guesses about a word's meaning.
In the comments section below, please answer the following questions.
1) What is the difference between a context clue and an educated guess?
2) Why are context clues important?
3) In the following quote, what context clues help you to figure out the meaning of one of the unknown words?
"In between we'd worked on radio coms and general strategy, exchanged ideas about how to provide the best cover for the squads we'd be accompanying, and made a dozen tentative tactical decisions, such as deciding whether it would be generally better to shoot from the top floor or the one right below" (137).
—Chris Kyle
